UEFA in farce as England duo Foden and Saka ignored of Euro 2024 sticker e-book
Foden and Saka aren’t the one notable absentees from the brand new sticker album, with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Kyle Walker and John Stones additionally failing to make the grade. Meanwhile, Topps have included a complete host of gamers who could not even function at this summer time’s event, together with Callum Wilson, Rico Lewis and Fikayo Tomori. And, bizarrely, there may be additionally a sticker of Leicester defender Luke Thomas, who’s at present on mortgage at Middlesbrough.
But Topps have turned the blame on Panini and say UEFA’s former sticker and buying and selling card associate have “blocked certain parts of the collection.”
A Topps spokesperson mentioned: “Topps is proud of its first Euro 2024 sticker collection for the upcoming competition. While we are disappointed that a small number of players are missing, this is due to the tournament’s former sticker partner having blocked certain parts of the collection to the detriment of the fans.
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“Unlike the former sticker partner, we are committed to the fans and believe the offering of stickers and cards – and range of current and former players – will get everyone excited for the tournament.”
To add to the chaos, Topps have additionally included stickers for the Wales squad despite the fact that Rob Page’s staff didn’t qualify for the event. The sticker album was reportedly printed earlier than Wales had been defeated by Poland in a play-off on the finish of final month following a penalty shootout at Cardiff City Stadium.
According to The Telegraph, Panini have retained the rights to features of a number of the high groups at Euro 2024, together with England, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. And the agency have even produced their very own rival sticker album forward of the event.
Fans will probably need to fork out tons of of kilos to finish the sticker books, with Topps promoting packets of six stickers for £1 every and Panini promoting packets of 5 stickers for 90p every. The Topps album accommodates 728 stickers, whereas the Panini album consists of 387 stickers.
Euro 2024 is about to get underway on Friday, June 14 when hosts Germany tackle Scotland. England are at present the favourites with many bookmakers to elevate the trophy, whereas France and Germany have additionally been tipped to do properly.